tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post8722903155496151304..comments2023-10-05T10:58:26.749-04:00Comments on can I decide another day?: Too long for a FB post.. but while we're on the subject of the CT shooting..Teh Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715128040792877195noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-60547966006752629602012-12-18T22:30:04.229-05:002012-12-18T22:30:04.229-05:00Hey Meg,
Oh deleting my Facebook account made...Hey Meg,<br /><br /> Oh deleting my Facebook account made it a brighter place for me. It simplified things, gave me more time and allowed me to focus on what I really love. Plus I really don't like the company and what people do with it. <br /><br /> Well I'm not going to lie, most of the people I was deployed with boo-hooed their way though deployment and that just didn't make sense to me. So my buddies and I decided to make it a brighter experience and get something out of it. So we talked with those people, learned some Farsi and it all grew from there. It's my belief that we can see brightness in all dark things. :)<br /><br />~AubreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-66240748714364914412012-12-16T22:27:55.744-05:002012-12-16T22:27:55.744-05:00Aubrey,
Thank you for stopping by! I love gettin...Aubrey, <br />Thank you for stopping by! I love getting feedback on my "ranty" posts and being able to have an intelligent, rational conversation about topics at hand.<br /><br />I have seen this "delete Facebook" option, but its a dark place, and Mufasa told me to never go to the dark places. :) I bet I'd write sooo many more blogs if I didn't have Facebook.<br /><br />My experiences overseas weren't as good as your sadly. Maybe its because I didn't get to carry an M-16 around? I kid, I kid.. kinda.<br />-MegTeh Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715128040792877195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-10001620246371898832012-12-16T21:48:37.869-05:002012-12-16T21:48:37.869-05:00Thank you for such an honest post on this, for not...Thank you for such an honest post on this, for not worrying about how people will take it and just writing your feelings on it.<br /><br />You took the words out of my mouth when you asked if we would give this the same amount of attention if it were a mosque or if it weren't children. <br /><br />I remember when 9/11 happened and I was in high school in New York. They added metal detectors and policemen and women at every entrance. I suppose I differ on opinion, as far as control. I want to live in a world where we don't need to control everything, like with pat downs and metal detectors. For those things are only bandaids anyway. They don't stop the person carrying the gun. Had he been there, bang, bang and those cops are dead and he walk right on through the metal detectors. So I say we go to the source, when addressing control, and look and address gun control laws and access to mental health facilities. <br /><br />Oh and I love what you said about our Facebook status not leading to world change. I have long and deleted my Facebook account but I remember post after post, from the same people, saying "like this and you support the troops." I'm a military veteran and it drove me nuts because some picture you like is not "supporting the troops." Instead, acting on pushing laws to support them, voting to support them, sending them care packages (and not just talking about it) supports them. <br /><br />Lastly, I love what you said about taking things from the media with a grain of salt. I have spoken on this so many times. I have a post, my how to make money bookmarks post, where I share some of my experiences when I was deployed to Afghanistan and how they (the media) like to portray those people is both wrong and a lie but cruel, for the people I met in that country are the nicest people I've ever met in my entire life.<br /><br />Thank you for this post!<br /><br />All the best,<br />Aubrey Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-45522127703624267742012-12-15T14:33:10.105-05:002012-12-15T14:33:10.105-05:00THIS. EXACTLY.THIS. EXACTLY.Teh Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715128040792877195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-86097757053588449472012-12-15T14:02:57.116-05:002012-12-15T14:02:57.116-05:00I haven't posted anything about this event...m...I haven't posted anything about this event...mainly because I feel like there is nothing good I can say. There is nothing good, period. And to be honest, it kind of bugs me how, thanks to the media/social networking, that everyone is suddenly terribly affected by/an expert on things that- in reality- have absolutely nothing to do with them. It's a sad situation, yes, and maybe I'm just that hard hearted, but I would be lying to say that this really affects me or try to make it ABOUT ME by broadcasting my opinion/feelings.Brittany SSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719739976483266140noreply@blogger.com